(19)
(11) EP 1 034 760 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
18.04.2001 Bulletin 2001/16

(43) Date of publication A2:
13.09.2000 Bulletin 2000/37

(21) Application number: 00301730.8

(22) Date of filing: 03.03.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61F 13/49, A61F 13/494, A61F 13/495, A61F 13/53, A61F 13/56, A61F 13/15
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 05.03.1999 JP 5864699

(71) Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATION
Kawanoe-shi Ehime-ken (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Otsubo, Toshifumi, c/o Technical Center
    Mitoyo-gun, Kagawa-ken 769-1602 (JP)

(74) Representative: Parry, Christopher Stephen 
Saunders & Dolleymore, 9 Rickmansworth Road
Watford, Herts. WD18 0JU
Watford, Herts. WD18 0JU (GB)

   


(54) Disposable undergarment


(57) A disposable undergarment such as a disposable diaper includes a front waist region 20, a rear waist region 22 and a crotch region 21 extending therebetween, the undergarment has afterward bonded edges 5 extending along a longitudinal end of the rear waist region 22 and a concavity 24 depressed toward a surface destined to be remote from the wearer's skin, the rear waist region 22 is divided into a first rear waist region 22A and a second rear waist region 22B along a longitudinal center line extending in the longitudinal direction to bisect a transverse dimension of the undergarment, and the concavity is formed by drawing the first rear waist region 22A and the second waist region 22B toward each other and bonding the afterward bonded edges 5 to each other on the longitudinal center line.






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